Telluride Mountain Club announced its 1st Pig Roast. Become a member or renew your membership on Thursday, July 30, at the fun event in Telluride Town Park. The Telluride Mountain Club (TMC) promotes personal responsibility, safety, and self-sufficiency while enjoying the backcountry and creating/preserving new and...
Come learn how the laws of physics are governing climate change and our attempts at green energy this coming Tuesday, July 21, 6:00 p.m., Telluride Mountain Village Conference Center. Talk hosted by the Telluride Science Research Center. Admission is free. Cash bar starts at 5:30 p.m. [caption id="attachment_52402" align="aligncenter"...
Telluride Mountainfilm, town work together for one-of-a-kind program. Typically, the only souls who can be found roaming Telluride’s streets at 3 a.m. are bears and the occasional insomniacs. But on May 24, during Telluride Mountainfilm, roughly 80 people — photographers, astronomy fans and festival attendees among them —...
Mountain Village greens its gondola with energy-efficient LED lighting. Project supported by San Miguel County Green Grant. The Mountain Village gondola to Telluride is already a green machine: its existence keeps cars off the road and prevents an estimated 45,000 tons of carbon dioxide in vehicle...
When your 74-year old father-in-law calls to say he wants to spend some time with your kids this summer, you’re thinking the beach. Or maybe a visit back East. Possibly, Disneyland. What you’re not thinking is that he wants to shoulder a backpack and hike...
Come hear Todd Krauss, former TED speaker & PhD Professor of Chemistry, University of Rochester, talk about his research in gathering solar energy more efficiently with light harvesting quantum dots, a new technology that will lead us into a more sustainable future. Tuesday, June 30, 6 p.m.; cash bar,...
June 25 to July 2, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Mercury Evening: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn If you haven’t noticed the celestial event happening in the western twilight sky for the entire month of June, perhaps it’s time to take a look. Our solar system’s two most brilliant and...
In line with Mountain Village’s environmental ethos, the town is offering significant savings to those who install solar on their home or business. First launched in 2014, the Solar Energy Rebate Program awards those by offering a rebate of $0.40 per watt of power generated by...
Contributor Bill Mason returns after an extended absence with his column about issues that impact the health of the Big Blue Marble we live on. Below Earth Matters asks: What’s the beef with the Trans-Pacific Partnership and U.S. food safety? Standing on his political soapbox in front...
Mountain Village hosts regional educational noxious weeds seminar, launching community weed control rebate program. Event takes place Friday, June 5. Controlling noxious weeds in the alpine environment of San Miguel County takes the entire community’s support and due diligence. To educate the populace on this issue,...
